NaCl multi-layer islands grown on Au(111)-(22 × √3) probed by scanning tunneling microscopy

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 49, 2008, Pages

  Sun, Xiaonan ^a   Felicissimo, Marcella P ^a   Rudolf, Petra ^a   Silly, Fabien ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GOLD; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SODIUM ALLOYS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

AU(111); CRYSTALLINE FILMS; NACL ISLANDS; STM IMAGES;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CRYSTALLIN; GOLD; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 58149234119     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/49/495307     Document Type: Article

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